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Originally Posted by drew
We do almost exclusively private developments, and to echo Biff's statement - BECAUSE the architects we work with already spec higher end things (like and especially like - windows) the designs we already do just about cut the mustard. The most major area of increase is for foundation insulation.
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I'm curious, what's the wall construction to achieve the effective R values? What's the cladding? What holds the insulation on?
If someone says they spec nice windows so they meet the code already, they are not understanding the impact of the term 'effective R value'.
There seems to be this attitude out there that this is just bringing up the bottom feeder buildings....that its forcing people who were negligent previously and building 'cheap crap'....it is far from that....I am working on a high end lab building and it will have significant impact.